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What exactly is the process of traveling by plane from US (where I am) to Japan for a few weeks? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm 29, never left the country. My bucket list is visiting Japan at the very top. I have no idea what you do or if you have to go through travel agencies, how much money you should bring etc

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I mean, I didn't have a passport for most of my adulthood either. As long as you only travel within the Schengen area and you live in a country that has ID cards, you don't need a passport.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I would be curious to know where you're from, I don't know anyone in France without one. Maybe because we needed it for the UK ?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Pre-Brexit, an ID card was actually enough to enter the UK. I guess that may have changed since. (Also, Germany.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Last time I went I needed one, since it's not in the EU, but now that you say it an ID was enough before that.
Maybe it's just that people around me travel more. But I would still expect anyone here to know about passport

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

UK was in the EU for the most part of my adulthood, so I didn't need a passport (I'm from Germany).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

To enter, you didn't need a passport, but for most flights you did for the last few years. The airlines stopped accepting any I'd and required a passport. UK was never in Schengen but was in free movement, being part of EU.

Ireland is still not in Schengen as there is "borderless" travel between Ireland and northern Ireland.